Other than HIFU cheeks and Botox of jaw muscle, non- or minimally-invasive treatments for sagging cheeks include:
1. Lifting with dermal fillers is commonly referred to as a liquid face-lift. Dermal fillers like Juvederm, Radiesse, and Restylane can be used to enhance chin sharpness, replace lost volume of the cheeks in order to smooth out the facial wrinkles and lift skin. Replacing lost facial volume from above, lifts the cheeks below, therefore reducing facial sagginess.
You can find more information about dermal fillers in my article here
2. Ultherapy is a US-FDA approved lifting and tightening treatment using focused ultrasound. Ultherapy helps create a v-shaped face by tightening skin through stimulation of new collagen production in the deep supportive layers of the skin. Sagging skin along the jawline can be tightened and lifted, which in turn creates a v-shaped contoured face.
3. Thread lift treatments utilise threads which are inserted via a needle underneath the skin for lifting. The threads used now are generally either PDO threads or Silhouette Soft. These are dissolvable threads which improve the shape of the face by mechanically lifting the skin with cones or barbs called cogs. There is also delayed improvement through collagen stimulation.
I hope this helps!
Cheers, Dr Terence Tan
